Quarterly on current events in Competition and Trade Practices law.

Despite its relatively small population, Australia offers significant investment opportunities to both foreign and local investors.

This is an expanded edition of Addisons’ Gambling Law & Regulation Newsletter.

The plaintiffs sought an order to release them to provide documents during public examinations to a litigation funder.

Businesses operating in Australia should ensure that their personnel have correct visas to live and work in Australia.

It is good company practice to have insurance policies in place in respect of their business activities in Australia.

The case found liquidators appointed under a CVL could not obtain Court orders to issue creditor notices electronically.

The hidden complexities of insolvency law and what every director, administrator, and shareholder needs to understand before making their next big decision.

This newsletter is issued with the Australasian Gaming Expo and Gaming, Racing and Wagering Australia 2012 Conference.

This newsletter addresses the implications of the report into online and interactive gambling reforn in Australia.

In preparing advertising campaigns for market, often what seems like a good idea for an advertising campaign may be a breach of the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) (the "Act"). Knowing when to recognise potential trade practices issues is the first step in avoiding breaches of the Act.

Recent months have brought a myriad of legal developments in the insolvency/restructuring field.

Addisons' intellectual property partner, Karen Hayne, has been appointed as a member of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) new Joint Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) working group.

ASIC does appreciate the safety risks to which directors of a gambling business and their families could be exposed.

From 1 January 2011, the Trade Practices Act 1974 (TPA), a key feature of the Australian commercial law landscape, was replaced by the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (CCA).

Consideration of Phoenix Constructions Case allowing creditors recourse directly against director.

The evidence suggests that pre-bid strategies increase a bid's chance of success.

Anyone conducting business in Australia must pay superannuation contributions in respect of its Australian employees.

There are numerous legal issues to be taken into account when planning a trade promotion to promote goods and services.

procurement, competition, antitrust